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Rural college bags £100k grant to gather island views on policy changes

A GRANT worth £100,000 has been awarded to Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) to carry out research and gather the views of island communities in Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides on the forthcoming agricultural and land use policy changes. Led by professor in agricultural economics and policy at SRUC Steven Thomson, the project will consider the risks and opportunities for the island communities arising from the proposed agricultural policy changes, as support becomes “increasingly conditional” based on climate and biodiversity outcomes. It coincides with the current passing of the agriculture and rural communities bill through…

Gove refuses to set deadline for investigation into Tees freeport ‘corruption’

Michael Gove has refused to set a deadline for an independent report on allegations of “corruption, wrongdoing and illegality” at Teesworks, the industrial development within the government’s high-profile freeport project. The levelling up secretary ordered a review into financial dealings and governance at the joint venture between Tory Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen’s South Tees Development Corporation and companies run by two local developers. After political anger that Gove had declined to act on calls to bring in the National Audit Office to lead the investigation – instead announcing that it would be undertaken by an…

Celsius Price Has Dropped By 30% in a Few Weeks; Recovery Soon?

The Celsius Network (CEL) crypto price is at $0.1835 with an intraday loss of 5.17%. The market capitalization is $43.78 million and it has decreased by 3.59% in the last 24 hours. In terms of market capitalization, the CEL token ranks 542nd in the cryptocurrency market. The trading volume of the Celsius token is $1.37 million, with a fall of 14.28% in the past 24 hours. Based on the volume, the Celsius token ranks 777th in the cryptocurrency market. The circulation supply is 238,863,520 CEL and the fully diluted market cap is $127,926,968. The maximum and total supply is 695,658,160 CEL. According to the data on January 09, 2024,…

Wall Street gains as shares in big tech firms rise

The benchmark S&P 500 and the tech-laden Nasdaq have touched near two-week highs as lower Treasury yields boosted megacaps while investors keenly awaited inflation reports and earnings from major lenders later in the week. Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon.com and Meta Platforms rose between 0.6 per cent and 2.6 per cent as US Treasury yields ticked lower, with those on the benchmark 10-year note slipping to 3.98 per cent. Nvidia also gained 1.1 per cent after TSMC - the world's largest contract chipmaker - beat fourth-quarter revenue expectations. Communication services stocks rose 0.7 per cent, hitting a near two-year high and leading…

What Wall Street wants to see from Hollywood in 2024

Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images It’s the third act of the streaming wars. That’s the time a hero, seemingly beaten and broken, rises up and saves the day. But Wall Street is worried that hero may never come for Hollywood. Legacy media companies including Disney , Warner Bros. Discovery , Comcast and Paramount Global are trying to figure out the solution to self-inflicted financial wounds, particularly big spending as they chased streaming subscribers to compete with Netflix . Companies have since slashed their budgets and adjusted their strategy for licensing homegrown movies and shows. Several streamers have…